Level 4Sciencegrammar

Quantifiers — How Much Is Enough?

Grammar: Quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns

Free ESL grammar exercise on quantifiers themed around how much is enough?. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on science, practising quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

Scientists found that many people eat too much sugar. A few teaspoons in coffee is normal, but most food contains a great deal of hidden sugar. There is little awareness of the problem, and not many adults eat enough vegetables.

Grammar

Countable nouns
Use many, few, a few, several with nouns you can count. There are many reasons to eat well.
Uncountable nouns
Use much, little, a little with nouns you cannot count. She has a little energy left today.

Sample items

  1. We don't have ______ time before the class starts.
  2. There are ______ mistakes in this report — please fix them.
  3. I ate ______ rice for dinner and felt very full.

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